Garment



July 24. 1928.

1,678,081 J. RIMPLER GARI'IENT Filed March 29, 1926 anomtoz JillianZZZ/2492a,

Patented July 24, 1 928.

UNITED STATES JULIUS RIMPLER, 0F HOBOKE'N, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT.

Application filed March 29, 1926. Serial No. 98,078.

The present invention relates to garments, and relates more particularlyto ladies garments of the type known as bloomers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a garment of thischaracter in which all seams in the neighborhood of the crotch areeliminated, the crotch portion of the garment being woven in one piecewith the front and back center portions and with the inside legportions, thereby preventing discomfort to the wearer.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from thefollowing description, taken in conjunction with the accompanyin drawingwhich forms a part of this specification, and in which the single figureis as elevation of a garment constructed according to the presentinvention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the garment 10 comprises aback center portion 11 and a front center portion 12, these portionsbeing woven in one piece with the inside leg portions 13 and 14respectively. All four of these portions meet at the common point '15which is the crotch of the garment.

One method of weaving this piece of the garment is disclosed in myco-pending application, Serial; No. 98,079 filed concurrently herewith,and for the purposes of the present invention, any suitable or desiredmethod of weaving this piece may be employed.

The method proposed in the application above referred to brieflyconsists in providin two independent sets of warp threads arranged inparallel planes, and weaving each set of warp threads with a separateshuttle to form the two portions 11 and 12 until the crotch 15 isreached. At this point the shuttie heretofore employed in weaving thetop portion .12 is passed through half of the warp threads of the topset and then through half of the warp threads of the lower set lyingimmediately below the same, thus forming the half leg portion 13. Thehalf portion leg 1a is similarly formed from the remaining warpthreadsby using the shuttle employed in weaving the back portion 11. For afuller disclosure of this method of weaving this portion of the garment,reference is made to my co-pending application referred to above.

Side portions 16 and 17 are joined to the center portions 11 and 12along seams 18 and 19, and 20 and 21 respectively. These seams may beprolonged along the sides of the leg portions 13 and 14 to form thecompleted garment, or if desired, fancy or plain inserts 22 and 23 maybe inserted between the side portions 16 and 17 and the adjacent insideleg portions. Inserts similar to the inserts 22 and 23 may be employedin the back of the garment also, if desired, and these insertspreferablydo not extend as far as the waist band 24 but taper off somewhat shortof this point as shown at 25, so that the garment will be somewhatfuller around the hips than around the'waist.

Cuffs 26 and 27 may be attached to the lower portions of the legs, andmay be provided with suitable elastic-s, if desired.

A garment of this kind will be extremely comfortable to the wearer onaccount of the entire elimination of any seams in the nei hborhood ofthe crotch, which feature will also increase the durability of thegarment.

It will be apparent that many alterations and modifications might bemadein the garment above described without affecting the spirit of myinvention and I desire to be limited, therefore, only by the prior artand the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A garment having a back center portion extending from the waistband tothe crotch, a front center portion similarly extending from thewaistband to the crotch two half leg portions each integral with both ofsaid center portions, all of said portions being formed by a singleunitary piece of woven fabric, a relatively narrow strip of fabricsecured to each edge of said leg portions and extending nearly to thewaistbandof said garment, the upper end of each of said strips beingtapered, and side port-ions secured to said strips and said front andback portions.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this22nd day of March, 1926.

JULIUS RIMPLER.

